Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1989 in the American League

Earned Run Average : 1989 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1989 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Bret Saberhagen 2.16 (2.1614) Kansas City Royals 1

Chuck Finley 2.57 (2.5693) California Angels 2

Mike Moore 2.61 (2.6069) Oakland Athletics 3

Bert Blyleven 2.73 (2.7261) California Angels 4

Kirk McCaskill 2.93 (2.9292) California Angels 5

Chris Bosio 2.95 (2.9531) Milwaukee Brewers 6

Bob Welch 3.00 (3.0048) Oakland Athletics 7

Mark Gubicza 3.04 (3.0353) Kansas City Royals 8

John Cerutti 3.07 (3.0682) Toronto Blue Jays 9

Tom Candiotti 3.10 (3.1019) Cleveland Indians 10

Roger Clemens 3.13 (3.1263) Boston Red Sox 11

Nolan Ryan 3.20 (3.1964) Texas Rangers 12

Dave Stewart 3.32 (3.3182) Oakland Athletics 13

Scott Bankhead 3.34 (3.3376) Seattle Mariners 14

Kevin Brown 3.35 (3.3455) Texas Rangers 15

Dave Stieb 3.35 (3.3532) Toronto Blue Jays 16

Bud Black 3.36 (3.3598) Cleveland Indians 17

Greg Swindell 3.37 (3.3689) Cleveland Indians 18

Jeff Ballard 3.43 (3.4272) Baltimore Orioles 19

Frank Tanana 3.58 (3.5812) Detroit Tigers 20

John Farrell 3.63 (3.6346) Cleveland Indians 21

Tom Gordon 3.64 (3.6442) Kansas City Royals 22

Bob Milacki 3.74 (3.7407) Baltimore Orioles 23

Frank Viola 3.79 (3.7913) Minnesota Twins 24

Allan Anderson 3.80 (3.7983) Minnesota Twins 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).

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